誰才是最帥轎跑?試駕寶馬4系VS奔馳CLE
280 觀看·2025年10月24日
Mercedes或BMW 我知道這是你最喜歡的比較評測
在AutoCruise與Thomas的評測
今天是關於中尺寸的部分
誰是最佳的中尺寸運動Coupé
BMW 4系列在最近的Facelift
或是全新的Mercedes CLE
我們將在4K全屏幕和全長度的AutoCruise中找出
出發吧
這將是一個非常有趣的比較
如我所說
BMW 4系列最近的Facelift
不同的前窗戶
小小的改變
這裏很漂亮
這裏的光澤設計
這裏的圖標設計
大雙屁股
自4系列正式推出以來
這裏也有更新的燈光
這裏也有不同的日常燈光
你可以在前面看到
Arctic Race Blue
是這輛車的顏色
而Mercedes CLE
他們將C-Class Coupé和E-Class Coupé
技術上
這輛車比較適合C-Class
但這輛車也適合
這輛4系列中間尺寸的車款
這輛車的顏色是高科技銀色
而這輛車的車牌是AMG
所以這輛車的車牌
也在前面
而這輛車的車牌
也在後面
這輛車的車牌
也在前面
這輛車的車牌
也在前面
這輛車的車牌
有多的特別之處
這輛車的前氧鬆扣
其實謝謝BMW
這輛車的前氧鬆扣
其實謝謝BMW
這輛車的前氧鬆扣
這個補 réponse
配合到後車
讓這個車
有一個腳踏
你也可以在美國獲得
然後還有一套技術套件
這套件是兩輪輪胎的組合
2.5釐米的輪胎
輪胎轉向相反方向
還有一套適合的避震
不過這套技術套件
在北美市場並未有
我們只能在美國獲得
輪胎向後
4系列更新了
這些雷射輪胎
這是新的選項
看起來比較高級
不確定這些雷射技術
是否需要
但是這就像是
用燈的遊戲
下半部分有
真正的排氣管
這套M Sport套件
在下半部分
加入了黑色的反光
然後是CLE
它有這種
遊艇設計
很昂貴的遊艇設計
在後面
下半部分比上半部分
我總是缺少
中央部分的燈線
黑色的部分
但是我不確定
這可能是
自己的喜好
在下半部分
這就是
自動排氣管警察的情況
這些是真正的排氣管
你還知道
你還可以得到
排氣管警察T恤
或者這個
我們的Let's Go T恤
或者我們的
Logo T恤
Lia穿的
這也是
可以穿的方法
我們還沒有女生尺寸
但是這也許是
女生可以穿的方法
現在
很好
現在回到車身
轉向示範
我認爲前面
它們都很漂亮
確實有不同的結構
但是在後面
我認爲BMW的更好
只是這條
比較直線的線
因爲在Mercedes
它看起來很老派
對吧
所以設計上
我認爲
非常
很難選擇最喜歡的
因爲CLE
更有這種
比較傳統的設計
而BMW
有一點點
比如說
德國設計
有一點點
比較硬
我感覺
它保證了更多的運動性
但這也會是真的嗎
我們會在駕駛部分
哪個是你的最愛
外觀上
或者你告訴我
在評論
外觀上
我有一點點
不決定
我認爲這真的是
選擇的問題
我喜歡兩個
從外觀上
不確定你之前有沒有看到
但是有些孩子
預測了我們的評論地點
今天
並且畫了一個美麗的路線
給我們
所以誰做了這些
感謝你們
孩子
這是一件美麗的藝術
鍵盤
都很棒
這裏有M色
如果你有M Sport的套件
Mercedes的鍵盤
總是和AMG的一樣
或者不一樣
但其實都很棒
你最喜歡哪一個
這裏
鎖門聲音
沒什麼特別
Mercedes CLE
不太好聽
很少會有
車子
有沒有窗戶
然後有一個很棒的
鎖門聲音
在這個情況下
實際上不是這樣
然後
門的裏面
這裏
蓋上了一切
之類的
在下方
這個是硬的
從裏面的門板
裏面
就是一個
粗糙的地板
在下方
座椅的控制器
在這裏
已經有很多
高色彩的黑色
已經在這裏
我們有一個很好的進出排列
還有
這是方向盤
AMG的方向盤
兩個橫置的方向盤
用了
Hashtag
CAPACITY
PS控制器
不太好
在駕駛時
和所有的數據
包括數據器材
和
相較
橫置的屏幕
目前
一切都關閉了
很快
我會把一切都開啓
我非常喜歡
空氣風扇
在這裏
這種輪胎的風格
也有
很棒的
按鈕聲
這是我非常喜歡的
空氣燈
在Mercedes
也很酷
我們可以看到
在駕駛時
之後
然後
座椅
這就是
動物皮膚的表面
非常穩定
你還可以
拿到Article Leatherette
或者MD-TEX
這比Mercedes
稍微柔軟一點
然後
在EU
你還可以拿到
Microfiber的座椅
也會更舒服
這輪輪胎
有可能會有聲音
這輪輪胎
是從這裏
這裏
就像
這其實是一個
很好的調節
腳架的調節
但是
尤其是
這裏
尤其是
在乘客的位置
會更柔軟
這實際上
會造成
輪輪胎的聲音
當你駕駛
在中速時
我估計
或者在
磚頭
或石頭
之類的
我必須
記住這一點
我們在想
它是從哪裏來的
現在我們
發現了
然後這裏
座椅
是189釐米
6x2釐米
有些空間
還有
特別是在Mercedes
動物皮膚的座椅
是
非常糟糕
坦白說
所以
這些座椅
完全不舒服
再說一次
它會比其他材料
我也測試過
在不同的車
這裏
從CLE
但是
這座椅的基本功能
你可以看到
這座椅
是設計
看起來好
但不是
最舒服
這就是
Mercedes CLE
座椅
總是看起來
印象深刻
現在
輪燈
也是這樣
你看
這也不是
最好的印象
比當你
靠近
其實
但是中間的操控臺
是很好的
這裏有分開的開關
這裏
有足夠的空間
兩個USB-C充電器
在前面
你把這個開了
引擎充電器
在前面
有點隱藏
這些杯架
這裏
也有點
浮誇
我估計
嗯
它們也不
把輪子
握得那麼緊
我們有一個很好的功能
在輪子
我們有這個夏天模式
所以
我們可以在夏天模式
這裏也有
運動模式
你也可以
在娛樂方面
獲得前置攝像頭
你現在
獲得最近的更新
這裏
有這些大樓
所以
控制的更容易
而且當你
去到設定
等等
你可以
改變一些
助控系統
這裏
這又是
夏天模式的一部分
你這裏有些花
比如說
在燈光
你可以
比如說
也很容易
製作
燈光
等等
所以
非常簡單
氣候控制
總是在最低部分
這個其實
是的
我比較喜歡
物質控制
但是
氣候控制
數據控制
比較容易
達到
輪子
結合
就像這樣
現在
BMW
門關門聲
也是
沒什麼特別
所以
是的
如我所說
我們很少會
找到一些
門關門聲
比如
Porsche
做得很好
然後
門關門聲
也很緊
也很柔和
也有很好的
建築品質
然後
門關門聲
不過
這裏
甚至沒有
塑料牆
所以
這個
不太好
做的
我估計
但很好的
M進口版
M Sport Pack
然後
我們有
Facelift
新的
方向盤
或者
方向盤
柔和
比起
CLE
在
EU市場
你也可以
得到
新的
PerformTex
像
一個
細膠
也有更多的A9 602
然而這臺也沒有
Panoramic Roof
它總是會造成一些
Headroom
BMW的Cockpit Overview
不像Mercedes的高效能
但是我們有一些
細微的Mid-Lighting
組合
例如在這裡
這個新的曲面螢幕
我們可以看到
氣候系統進入螢幕
所以我們失去了
手動氣候控制
很可惜
我認為這是一個後退的步驟
它看起來更現代化
看起來更乾淨
但是它更難控制
尤其是
與Mercedes相比
在這裡
在駕駛時
改變溫度
是更容易的
而Mercedes
在這裡是更容易的
而且
它也比較大
所以氣候控制
現在其實比Mercedes好
前面
其實比BMW好
嗯
再說
很酷的是
我們仍然有控制器
在下方
所以我們可以控制
旋轉的聲音
我們可以控制
駕駛時
中間的控制器
這裡的質量
看起來比較好
還有在這裡
例如Cup holders
導流充電器
比較容易操作
但是在這裡
它沒有冷卻
所以手機會過熱
我其實不會使用
另外
我認為BMW的缺點是
他們只讓你
使用無線連接
Apple CarPlay
Android Auto
這是壞事
因為
是的
從連接上來看
你可以選擇
無線或充電
而我比較喜歡
使用無線連接
它比較穩定
手機充電快
手機不會過熱
等等
所以我比較喜歡
無線連接
Apple CarPlay
Android Auto
即使它是舊式
我只是為你解釋
嗯
在這裡
你可以選擇
BMW
只強迫你使用無線連接
他們甚至沒有
提供無線連接
我不知道為什麼
其實
中間的控制器
好的質量
非常柔軟
打開
好質量
還有更多空間
下面
還有
例如
我的充電系統
即使連接
Apple CarPlay
仍然無線
駕駛人
PoV
我們有按鈕
這裡
也有航行控制
所以更容易控制
然後
數位器材
你也可以
改變設置
這裡
例如
但是
所有這些
你會比較喜歡
在這裡
當你啟動車子時
就像這樣
然後
我們也有
前置屏幕
BMW
有一個選項
然後
在右邊
我們
打開它
你會看到
從充電系統
可以看到
有一點
過重
所以它有
更好的觀景
在Mercedes
我們去車子
也在下面
這是一個很好的組合
也非常
廣闊
其實
BMW的後座
你需要
抓住
後面
然後
也
向前滑
就像這樣
然後
你可以看到
這是我駕駛時
其實
在駕駛席
所以
對我來說
非常接近
無論如何
讓我進去
所以
這其實
OK
我會說
如果我可以
在駕駛席後面
讓我試試
也
小心
嗯
是的
我想
我可以
按進去
嗯
所以
我需要
更多的幫助
不是最好的解決方案
但是
至少
內部
這個機制
可能不是
我看過最好的
但是
駕駛席
材質
其實很不錯
這裡很舒適
雖然你看到
它不像
一般的
四人座
這裡
有一點
好一點
在駕駛席
或在駕駛席後面
你可以
移動
這個
稍微前一點
比Mercedes CLE
這裡
你需要
移動
再進去
才能到
駕駛席
但是
駕駛席
在這裡
接近
橫向
這
是
進出
的方法
嗯
第一眼
駕駛席
看起來
接近
但是
這是真的嗎
記得
這是
長輪車
8cm
或
3英寸
長輪車
我駕駛的時候
看起來
像這樣
嗯
Overall, it's a little bit darker here from that area
So the offering of space I would say is comparable
Little advantage to the BMW
And the seating itself is also a little bit more comfortable in the BMW
Also in the rear
Trunk or boot check
Oh, this way
Trunk or boot check
Here we can also press it here at the key fob
That's a beautiful shot, isn't it
Lovely
Sorry, that's what makes my life happy
Car nerd stuff
Then we have 420 liters with the CLE
And underneath here, more space
And also this shopping basket
Why not
To fold the seats, I cannot do anything here
I have to go around
But first of all, the length here is just a meter or 40 inches
A little bit more than a meter or 40 inches in length
And between the wheel arches here also a meter or 40 inches in width
This here is a hard plastic area
And I don't think that is really a premium focus
When you consider the price of that vehicle
And then to fold seats, I have to go around
It is a ski hatch
There we go
Hello
And then I can also fold down this
And there we go
The BMW at 440 liters, 20 liters more
And we don't have anything to lift up here
But then again, the whole thing is higher
So here where my finger is
That would be the height of the CLE trunk
And this is then the height of the BMW trunk
So a little bit higher than actually
However, the ground measures like here
The length, a meter or 40 inches
And here also a meter or 40 inches is almost the same
It's just that this trunk here is a little bit more square
In a dimension, I would call it that way
And then you can also release the seats from here
You could push it through here or with your luggage
That would also be possible
So a little bit easier in the solution
I would say what you can also do
And that is only possible then from the rear
When you fold this up again
Then you can also again move this one out as a ski hatch
By the way, I don't have a specific personal brand bias or something
I have personal history with both brands
I literally grew up in a Mercedes W123 for my father
Then my grandmother, grandfather
They had a BMW E30 in white
So I have a very strong personal connection with both brands
Actually from growing up
So I don't have a personal preference
How this test is going to end
Really looking at a specific segment
When we have been testing BMW against Mercedes
We had actually different outcomes
Almost every time we did that
So that was very interesting
And we're going to look at the engines right now
So with the BMW 2.0-litre 4-cylinder, 3.0-litre 6-cylinder
Petrol and diesel
Diesel in Europe then
And we have here the 2.0-litre 4-cylinder today
245 horsepower with the BMW
And 5.7 seconds in the acceleration figure
That's half a second actually quicker than 6.2 seconds
With the CLE 300
We have both in the overdrive spec by the way
This one you have 258 horsepower plus M half boost
So it has more horsepower on paper
Yet again why is it half a second slower
The reason is weight
The CLE slightly longer
With this 8 centimetres or 3 inches longer
But the crucial thing is really weight
175 kilograms heavier here with the CLE
I'm looking forward to if we feel that while driving
For the CLE by the way
You can also get a 3.0-litre 6-cylinder petrol engine
The main difference is here at the moment
You cannot get a big diesel in the EU
However for the CLE
They offer plug-in hybrids
Based on the 2-litre 4-cylinder
This is not available for the BMW
Sport mode and S shifting
Nice
Well that was 240 now
Interesting
Really good
I mean this is not the specific performance model
It's only the 430i
So this is the 4-cylinder
For that
The performance was really very good
I like that one
I mean yes here in the sport mode
You also have this pronounced sporty sound
I can show you the difference
So when I'm in the sport carpet mode
Then accelerate
Then sport mode
More low frequency sonorous feedback
I think it's not exaggerated
I think in this case it's ok
Because sometimes we have this artificial thing
Which you maybe love
It's ridiculous or something
But here I think it's definitely ok
And if you compare now
Already the 2 vehicles here
We have in our comparison test
This one here
The 4 series as a 430i
Is 175 kilograms lighter
And that's also 0.5 seconds quicker
Acceleration figure from standstill
Really looking forward
How this Sprint here goes with the CLE
Yeah but this one was already
Very very good performance indeed
And we also have the adaptive M suspension here
So in the sport mode it's also stiffer
Yeah I also see it with the
Look over to her
We are on bumper
So yes
You do lose comfort in the sport setting
But still I feel good
Yes we also have the
Large 19 inch wheels mounted here
I think the comfort is overall in a good balance
But definitely when you are in the sport mode
You just have the sporty reaction
That's also good
That's how it's meant to be
Also here back and forth
The car stays upright
Good feeling for the vehicle
However in this comfort driving mode
It's just a little bit more forgiving
Here when we have some waves
And do you feel the difference
Yeah
Thank you
Yeah because sometimes
It's really good to talk to her
As a reality check
Not that I'm you know
Just feeling something or so
You're right
Thank you so much honey
As always
Thank you so much honey
That's what I want to hear
But I'm telling that to her as well
So that's a good thing right
So I think here the comfort mode
Definitely a nicer setting for long travels
And then you can also do it like this
Like comfort setting for suspension
But then as shifting mode
Of course you can also just
Leave it in the normal driving mode
And it's still fine
I mean not sure if you're realizing
How fast we're going all the time
So silent
It's really silent
Yeah
So we're going like
170 160 kilometers an hour
And it's like 100 miles per hour
It's like
It's like nothing you know
It's like we can
We can go on for this
For hours and hours
This is also by the way
A speed area where
It would make a difference
If you have the coupe
Or the convertible
These modern soft tops
They are very well insulated
They are really good
And on the normal motorway
At normal speeds
It doesn't make a large difference
But when you're really driving
Very very fast
You know like German Autobahn
Then it does make a difference
So sound installation wise
The Mercedes CLE has to do something
To beat this here
This was already pushing the bar up
Really really high
I love that
I also like how calm the vehicle
Is reacting here
On the German Autobahn
Even at high speeds
It feels super safe
And great to handle at all times
The only small thing
And I've been criticizing this
Since the existing
Of the all new 3 Series generation
So years ago
Is that the steering feel
Is not how it should be
It should be like a 3 and 4 Series
Should have the benchmark steering feel
At BMW
And it does not have
What do I mean by that
First of all
It's shifting in sport mode here once again
Now in this nice S
Leah is always preparing to hold tight
Be a nice S combination
Nicely out of the corners
Now back to the right lane
Beautiful
It's so much fun
I love that vehicle
That's great
Then back to the only thing
I don't like that much
Here the steering
Even in the sport mode
Is a little bit without feel
And BMW did that actually on purpose
Because they said
They wanted their vehicle
To feel lighter
And it does feel light by that
And it does feel light
And easy to control by that
Yes
That's true actually
And it works in a way
But at the same time
If you are like me
And like also in a way
A purist driver
Then you say like
I want that more feedback from the steering
And it feels a little bit here
Especially like in this
Very low degree angles
A little bit too light
You know what I mean
Yet at the same time
The engines they built
Are just great
There we go
It's so nice and flawless
And I mean
It's so good that
You don't even miss the 3.6
Which is of course awesome
And here we are above 200 again
And now at 220
The wind noises are picking up
And this is
A little bit
Yeah a little bit
And wow
We can even talk
We can even talk at 220
I mean I wouldn't probably
Drive like 230 now for hours and hours
But this feels so effortless
In this vehicle here
Wow I'm really impressed
Such a great handling vehicle
A lot of fun
Awesome
I think you're 180 kilometers now
It's like a comfortable traveling speed here
In this vehicle
I would say like
Hey let's go
Let's drive to the mountains
And then we could drive
Maybe like 5 hours
With 180 kilometers now
If of course the traffic acceleration allows it
Which usually it doesn't
But that would be
Really comfortable traveling feeling here
And that is astonishing
So even more comfortable
Than again in the normal driving modes
So the steering feel here as I said
It needs more natural feeling to it
And more resistance to it
Yeah this may be where we disagree
Sometimes a little bit
Lia likes it when the steering wheel
Is a little bit lighter in the control
I prefer it when they have more resistance
But at the same time
It doesn't mean that it contradicts my
You know what I'm saying here
Because for example
The Audi steering feels or so
They are progressive
They are not heavy
But at the same time
Give you a natural feeling
And this one here is not that natural
Still a lot of fun
Great vehicle
But I think they need to fix that steering feel
Here in all 3 series and 4 series
I feel at least
So and here we can do
One more nice combination
Because this is a very lovely corner
I don't like that I have to switch two things
At the same time
I think when you go to sport mode
It should also go to the sport shifting
Don't you think so as well
Because with Mercedes or Audi
It is the way here
In this corner
There is like a bump inside
Beautiful
Just going straight
Because some vehicles
When there is like in the corner
And there is like a bump
They get like push to the outside
They hop a little bit
But here does not happen at all
That's really well done
Here once again
And I also have to look down
To search for that
Not ideal I would say
And then of course assistant systems
We can set them here on the steering wheel
Easily done
And you can also switch
Between off and on
Pretty quickly
When you have this
Green steering symbol there
It means that
Also the active lane keeping assist is active
I'll test it for you
Once again very soon
I'm just going here
Once again it's exclamation
And yeah it's so much fun
The whole chassis handling
Of the vehicle is great
And I feel even better
In the normal comfort mode
Because then I don't have any comfort loss
At the same time
I do not miss any sportiness
In that setting
Oh look at that
That's nice
Because it's getting
A little bit darker
We have the ambient lighting here
That looks pretty fancy
In that little area
This is also new here
With the update
With the facelift
So it's pretty nice
Also like the steering wheel
Here with the flat bottom
That's actually pretty cool
Yeah I mean
As for the update here
It looks cooler
It looks more modern
Yeah
I'm a little bit annoyed
By the loss of real
Climate controls here
Always such a strange
Traffic light there
Yeah
And then
Here I have to do it
In the screen
So yeah
This is more like
22 degrees Celsius
72 degrees Fahrenheit
Automatic setting
Probably because
I don't like doing
Finger around in the screen
While driving
And not the best idea
For sure
So let me show you here
The assistance systems now
There we go
Let's go to the left
Once again
So now
Set the cruise control
There we go
And then let's see
When the active lane keeping assist
Sets in
Waiting for the green symbol
There we go
So now
The car is basically overtaking
It's still level 2 system
And you see here also
When it's going in a slight bend
It's super calm
From the steering reactions
And so on
So
Really very sophisticated
Assistance systems
Just wouldn't trust a vehicle with that
So that's the situation
Where I rather overtake myself
Yeah
This is perfectly fun here
In this very vehicle
Let's see this
Sport mode
OK
Yeah, that was at least
190 kilometers an hour
Quite sure if you saw that
Initially
I went to the sport mode
Because in the sport mode
Obviously
Like the shifting is optimized
But then
Like the vehicle was starting
But then like cancelling that
And then going back a gear
And then starting again
Not sure if you
If you saw that
I'm also looking forward to
The time code
Like when we do like
50 to 150 or something
You know
How the acceleration difference is
The difference from standstill
To 100 kilometers an hour
Is half a second
Actually in favor of the BMW
Here we have the higher
Horsepower figure on paper
But we also have
175 kilograms more weight
Now you feel that the BMW has
You know has more spirit to it
From the engine
Or what would you say
Yeah
You also feel it
No
Crushing our test
Photobombing it actually
With one hand
And the other hand drinking
And it's louder
It's louder
It's definitely louder
I mean you don't have to
Measure that
It's crazy loud
Yeah
I mean yes we're driving
220 kilometers an hour now
It's I mean
It is a high speed
But BMW was more silent
Yeah the BMW was more silent
But what we can actually do is
Close the sunroof
Wait let's try that again
Close the sunshade
There we go
Because we're driving fast
This is actually a better way
Or I just call
Close the sunshade please
That would be the alternative
So let's see
I mean yes we have a glass roof here
Which we didn't have in the BMW
But I don't feel that
The extra noise is coming from there
It's more coming from everywhere
So I mean we had some tests
Where the Mercedes
Were the most silent ones
Maybe like E class S class and so on
That was really good
In the noise insulation
But yeah actually
This is the one thing you feel
You know CLE is a Frankenstein
From the E and the C you know
And yeah it does carry both letters
But there you feel that the technology
Is rather C class definitely
So yeah and I'm really surprised
That the BMW is way more silent actually
Yeah and the engine is
Has more spirit as I said
Let's see here with lane change
That's good behavior
The steering feel is actually better
Yet in the Mercedes
Who would have thought that
So yeah it's really nice
It has here a little bit of play
I would say
So I have experienced that
Even a little bit better
With recent Mercedes model
But overall it's cool
Sport mode also a little bit more resistance
The suspension is
For the passenger it's heavy
Really
Yeah
That's interesting
So you say you
In the lane change
You feel less comfortable
Yeah
That's interesting
I mean what we do have here is
First of all we have this
It's like this tech pack
That is available in Europe
It's not available in the
Northern American market
And this combines the adaptive suspension
Together with rear axle steering
2.5 degrees rear axle
Or rear wheels in the opposite direction
And like this makes the car
More agile especially at lower speeds
Also gives a little bit of
Let's say artificialness
But when we park in and out
The basement garage
This is a great help
So sometimes you have to do like
One less back and forth
If you compare this one here
With the rear axle steering
Against the 4-speed
This only counts in the comparison
If you have the rear axle steering though
So it doesn't count if
You know if you don't have it available
Like in the Northern American market
Let's now check out this S combination here
Which was
Here is already holding tight
Yeah you feel a little bit more weight
You're getting into the corners
Then accelerate out
This is really nice
It's also a lot of fun
Good handling definitely
But you feel it is
And I mean
The wheelbase is not really larger
Than the 4-series
Although it might appear that way
However with the rear axle steering
It's faking a shorter wheelbase
I also feel that the seats
Are not holding me that tight
Like in the 4-series
That might be also the thing
That you are actually experiencing
This advanced front monitor
Also reacts in here when I'm
I think the engine just
Takes like a
In Germany we say
A Gedenksekunde
Like a
Thought second
Yeah
So there you go
But then I mean
It has enough power
Definitely
Just in comparison to the 4-series
We've just driven
Suspension is still doing a good job
I feel
We have 20-inch wheels mounted here
So one size larger
Than with the BMW
And I don't think we're noticing that
So the adaptive suspension
It's better
Yeah
You like the suspension better
Here in the Mercedes
That's interesting
I mean
Maybe a little bit
Not so rough
Yeah
Maybe a little bit more forgiving
Yeah
And I think this point
Or this argument is even stronger
Since you have like
Larger wheels here
So then the suspension
Really has to be good
So Mercedes here
Scores with suspension
And the steering
The BMW scores with the engine
With the noise insulation
And definitely with the seats
Yeah
Because the seats
They hold
In the BMW
They hold you tighter
At the same time
They are way more comfortable
And these here
Are kind of open
You slide around
Like here
Especially in the top area
And they are really uncomfortable
Because they are so stiff
And the ergonomics
Are really off
We have to say that
We can of course
Go into the comfort mode
I mean
We have been riding
The suspension in the
That was a motorcycle
Probably 300 kilometers
An hour or something
A rocket or something
Here comfort mode
Then the suspension
Is even more comfortable
And we can set the
Cruise control
With the active lane keeping assist
And see how we are being kept
In the lane here
Smooth
No hectic reactions
From the steering wheel
You see here
This is perfect
Look at that
The motorway is taking
Like this
Slight bend
Yeah
Really elaborated
Assistance system
So that's good
With both vehicles
We like that
Very sophisticated
Yeah
And I think
Especially the suspension
Is probably the best thing
About this vehicle
I mean now we are in
The comfort mode
And the thing is
I had it in sport mode
All the time
And I wasn't even thinking about
Maybe let's go back
With the BMW
It was a little bit
Yeah okay
When you have the sport mode
At some point
You should go back
To the comfort mode
To gain comfort back again
So yeah
It's super super interesting
How they differ here
In the individual aspects
Consumption
We can score with both
From 7 liters on 100 kilometers
34 mpg US
41 mpg UK
With slight advantage
To the BMW
But it's not a huge difference
Actually consumption wise
Also pricing wise
The BMW is a little less expensive
But not a large gap actually
It starts lower in the entry price
That's the key thing
So like 50,000 dollars
Around 50,000 euros
44,000 pounds
For the Mercedes
The entry price
Is a couple of thousand euros
Dollars or pounds higher
But then when you equip the vehicle
With a lot of extras and so on
The price gets a little bit closer
And both vehicles here
As I stand here right now
The BMW exactly 80,000 euros
And the Mercedes
A little bit more than 80,000 euros
With the Mercedes
It's meanwhile harder to find out
Because so far
I could receive from the manufacturers
The exact list prices
And with all the extras and equipment
But Mercedes now changed
Their configuration and pricing system
There aren't any prices
For Mercedes anymore
And I'm not kidding even
So you cannot have a price list
And compare the prices as a customer
You have to go to the configurator
Add everything
And then you get a current day price
For the vehicle
And that's why it also makes it
Much harder now for us
To give you the exact price
Of the Mercedes vehicles
I have to check then
Which option does the car have
Then go to the configurator
Add everything and so on
And hopefully didn't forget anything
And then check the price
At this specific day
This is called dynamic pricing
And dynamic pricing
Has been a curse to customers
In many areas for example
Also for concert tickets and so on
So I'm not sure
What strategy Mercedes is going there
They say it would be an advantage
For the customer
I think it is a clear disadvantage
And it will make cars
Overall more expensive at Mercedes
That's you know my take
To this new development here
And now to our overall conclusion
Which one would I actually take home
So exterior styling wise
I found both very beautiful
BMW with a sportier focus
Mercedes with a more central focus I feel
Interior quality wise
Goes to the BMW
It just gives you a more premium atmosphere
The Mercedes is more that
It looks very cool at the first hand
But there's more high gloss black area
And so on and when you touch
And squeeze things and so on
You see that the BMW
Has a higher quality from the interior
Meanwhile there
And also seating comfort
Definitely goes to the BMW
The seats especially with the animal skin
In the Mercedes
Absolutely unacceptable
Or unacceptable
So you have to pick this one
Also with the article leatherette
Or with the microfiber
If it's available in your country market
The BMW just way more forward
With all the animal skin alternatives
And so on
And they're also softer
And way more comfortable
Driving wise
It was really interesting
Because the Mercedes
Has the comfort focus
Whereas the BMW
Has the sportiness focus
So this one here
Feels so easy to control
Even at 200 kilometers an hour
125 miles an hour
Whereas the Mercedes
Has more dampening comfort
Especially when you go over some bumps
And so on
So you see the different focus
Of the two vehicles
So there the question is
If you rather appreciate
More driving comfort
Suspension wise
Or you feel more one with the vehicle
And that's the thing about the BMW
It feels more
Let's say like going full circle
This is your combination
Driver, car and road
Whereas the Mercedes
Is a little bit disconnected there
But then the driving feeling
Is a little bit better
So it's always pro and con and so on
But the BMW to me
Feels more like a driving machine
And then again
The plus in adaptive suspension comfort
That I get with the Mercedes
You only get this package here
In the EU market
Not on the Northern American market
That means it will be less comfortable
In the Northern American market
And since the better seating comfort
In the BMW
Can basically even out
Or even overweigh
The better suspension comfort
In the Mercedes
Together with the more driving fun
The BMW would be my choice here today
And of course
I would like to know from you
Which one would you pick and why
Please explain in the comments
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